The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Citrix products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Citrix over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the North West region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Citrix Systems.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Citrix
Rank 98 56 54
Rank change year-on-year
-42 -2
Permanent jobs citing Citrix 186 303 275
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 2.575% 4.215% 4.083%
As % of the Vendors category 5.618% 9.039% 8.119%
Number of salaries quoted 148 286 239
Average salary £30,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £23,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.59% +2.66%
All Vendors
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3311 3352 3387
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 45.84% 46.63% 50.29%
Number of salaries quoted 2742 2883 2953
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Citrix
England

Citrix
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Citrix across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

North West Citrix Jobs Demand Trend

Citrix
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Citrix across the North West region.

North West Citrix Salary Trend

Citrix
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Citrix across the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North West Citrix Salary Histogram

Citrix
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Citrix within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire 0 78 £29,500 -15.71%
Manchester -58 63 £35,000 -
Lancashire +15 17 £22,500 -44.78%
Merseyside -3 15 £31,000 -22.50%
Citrix
England

Citrix
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Citrix also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Citrix.

1 301 (75.06%) Windows
2 244 (60.85%) VMware
3 220 (54.86%) Microsoft
4 179 (44.64%) Active Directory
5 159 (39.65%) MS Exchange
6 147 (36.66%) Windows Server 2008
7 145 (36.16%) VMware Infrastructure
8 136 (33.92%) MS Excel
9 130 (32.42%) Windows Server 2003
10 117 (29.18%) ITIL
11 101 (25.19%) XenApp
12 93 (23.19%) Cisco
13 73 (18.20%) LAN
14 72 (17.96%) MS Office
14 72 (17.96%) WAN
15 67 (16.71%) TCP/IP
15 67 (16.71%) Windows 7
16 66 (16.46%) Exchange Server 2010
17 63 (15.71%) HP
18 60 (14.96%) Microsoft Certification
18 60 (14.96%) SAN
19 57 (14.21%) Telecoms
20 55 (13.72%) Hyper-V
21 51 (12.72%) SLA
21 51 (12.72%) Windows XP
22 50 (12.47%) Firewall
23 48 (11.97%) Finance
23 48 (11.97%) SQL
23 48 (11.97%) vSphere
24 47 (11.72%) XenDesktop

Citrix
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Citrix also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Citrix. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (2.993%) Middleware
2 9 (2.244%) .NET
3 6 (1.496%) XML
3 6 (1.496%) ASP.NET
4 5 (1.247%) WebSphere
5 4 (0.998%) COM
6 3 (0.748%) SOAP
6 3 (0.748%) Web Services
6 3 (0.748%) XSLT
6 3 (0.748%) HTML
6 3 (0.748%) Application Packaging
7 2 (0.499%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.249%) WinForms
8 1 (0.249%) WCF
8 1 (0.249%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 159 (39.65%) MS Exchange
2 66 (16.46%) Exchange Server 2010
3 42 (10.47%) Exchange Server 2003
4 36 (8.978%) Exchange Server 2007
5 32 (7.980%) IIS
6 22 (5.486%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 20 (4.988%) SharePoint
8 12 (2.993%) Lync
9 4 (0.998%) SharePoint 2010
10 3 (0.748%) BizTalk Server
10 3 (0.748%) SAS
10 3 (0.748%) SharePoint Server
10 3 (0.748%) Magento
11 2 (0.499%) MS Project Server
12 1 (0.249%) CICS
12 1 (0.249%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 136 (33.92%) MS Excel
2 72 (17.96%) MS Office
3 10 (2.494%) MS Project
4 3 (0.748%) AutoCAD
4 3 (0.748%) Office 365
5 2 (0.499%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.249%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.249%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (0.249%) AWD
Communications & Networking
1 73 (18.20%) LAN
2 72 (17.96%) WAN
3 67 (16.71%) TCP/IP
4 60 (14.96%) SAN
5 50 (12.47%) Firewall
6 43 (10.72%) DNS
7 34 (8.479%) VPN
8 33 (8.229%) DHCP
9 26 (6.484%) Unified Communications
10 23 (5.736%) Internet
11 17 (4.239%) VoIP
12 13 (3.242%) NAS
13 12 (2.993%) Wireless
13 12 (2.993%) SSL
13 12 (2.993%) WLAN
14 11 (2.743%) Network Security
15 10 (2.494%) IPsec
16 8 (1.995%) Ethernet
17 7 (1.746%) CTI
17 7 (1.746%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (11.22%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.491%) SQL Server 2008
3 10 (2.494%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (1.247%) DB2
5 4 (0.998%) MS Access
5 4 (0.998%) SQL Server 2000
5 4 (0.998%) SQL Server 2012
6 3 (0.748%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (0.748%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (0.499%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.499%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.249%) MySQL
8 1 (0.249%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.249%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (2.244%) MSI
2 8 (1.995%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.748%) Hudson
4 1 (0.249%) LoadRunner
General
1 57 (14.21%) Telecoms
2 48 (11.97%) Finance
3 25 (6.234%) Retail
4 11 (2.743%) Banking
5 10 (2.494%) Marketing
5 10 (2.494%) Law
5 10 (2.494%) Advertising
6 4 (0.998%) Financial Institution
6 4 (0.998%) Legal
7 3 (0.748%) Manufacturing
7 3 (0.748%) Back Office
8 2 (0.499%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.249%) Publishing
9 1 (0.249%) Local Government
9 1 (0.249%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 60 (14.96%) Analyst
2 52 (12.97%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 46 (11.47%) Consultant
4 43 (10.72%) Architect
5 39 (9.726%) Support Technician
6 28 (6.983%) Support Analyst
7 24 (5.985%) IT Support
7 24 (5.985%) 3rd Line Support
8 20 (4.988%) 2nd Line Support
9 19 (4.738%) Service Desk Analyst
9 19 (4.738%) Service Analyst
9 19 (4.738%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (4.489%) Infrastructure Manager
11 17 (4.239%) Technical Consultant
11 17 (4.239%) Help Desk Support
12 16 (3.990%) Technical Support
13 15 (3.741%) Support Engineer
14 13 (3.242%) 1st Line Support
14 13 (3.242%) Technical Analyst
14 13 (3.242%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 31 (7.731%) Blackberry
2 22 (5.486%) Fat Client
2 22 (5.486%) Thin Client
3 17 (4.239%) Clustering
4 11 (2.743%) iPhone
5 9 (2.244%) Cloud Computing
6 8 (1.995%) iPad
7 7 (1.746%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.746%) IVR
7 7 (1.746%) Mainframe
8 6 (1.496%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (0.998%) Mathematics
9 4 (0.998%) CLARiiON
9 4 (0.998%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.748%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.748%) Handset
10 3 (0.748%) EqualLogic
10 3 (0.748%) IBM Mainframe
11 2 (0.499%) Celerra
11 2 (0.499%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 301 (75.06%) Windows
2 147 (36.66%) Windows Server 2008
3 130 (32.42%) Windows Server 2003
4 67 (16.71%) Windows 7
5 51 (12.72%) Windows XP
6 45 (11.22%) Linux
7 41 (10.22%) UNIX
8 19 (4.738%) Windows Vista
9 16 (3.990%) Windows 8
10 9 (2.244%) Windows 2000
11 8 (1.995%) Solaris
12 7 (1.746%) Windows 2000 Server
13 5 (1.247%) AIX
13 5 (1.247%) Windows NT
13 5 (1.247%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 4 (0.998%) Windows Mobile
14 4 (0.998%) Windows Server 2012
15 2 (0.499%) Windows XP Embedded
15 2 (0.499%) NetWare
16 1 (0.249%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (29.18%) ITIL
2 45 (11.22%) Incident Management
3 32 (7.980%) Service Delivery
4 25 (6.234%) Change Management
5 23 (5.736%) Problem Management
6 22 (5.486%) Project Management
7 20 (4.988%) PRINCE2
8 17 (4.239%) Disaster Recovery
9 14 (3.491%) ITIL V3
10 12 (2.993%) Service Management
11 9 (2.244%) Time Management
12 8 (1.995%) Change Control
12 8 (1.995%) Risk Management
12 8 (1.995%) Root Cause Analysis
13 7 (1.746%) E-Commerce
13 7 (1.746%) Migration
13 7 (1.746%) Load Balancing
13 7 (1.746%) WFM
13 7 (1.746%) Test Management
14 6 (1.496%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (11.97%) SQL
2 13 (3.242%) Java
3 12 (2.993%) VBScript
3 12 (2.993%) VB
4 9 (2.244%) VB.NET
4 9 (2.244%) PowerShell
5 7 (1.746%) C#
6 5 (1.247%) C
7 3 (0.748%) C++
7 3 (0.748%) PHP
8 1 (0.249%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.249%) JCL
8 1 (0.249%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.249%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.249%) COBOL
8 1 (0.249%) AWK
8 1 (0.249%) PowerHouse
8 1 (0.249%) VB6
Qualifications
1 60 (14.96%) Microsoft Certification
2 39 (9.726%) MCSE
3 36 (8.978%) Citrix Certification
4 34 (8.479%) MCITP
5 26 (6.484%) Security Cleared
6 25 (6.234%) Cisco Certification
7 24 (5.985%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 24 (5.985%) SC Cleared
8 23 (5.736%) MCP
9 20 (4.988%) CCA
10 19 (4.738%) MCTS
11 16 (3.990%) CCNA
12 15 (3.741%) CCEE
13 14 (3.491%) ITIL Certification
13 14 (3.491%) MCSA
14 12 (2.993%) Degree
14 12 (2.993%) CCIA
14 12 (2.993%) CCEA
15 7 (1.746%) HP APS
16 6 (1.496%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (12.72%) SLA
2 3 (0.748%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (0.748%) COBIT
3 2 (0.499%) QA
3 2 (0.499%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.499%) BS7799
4 1 (0.249%) ISO 9000
4 1 (0.249%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 179 (44.64%) Active Directory
2 145 (36.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 101 (25.19%) XenApp
4 55 (13.72%) Hyper-V
5 48 (11.97%) vSphere
6 47 (11.72%) XenDesktop
7 38 (9.476%) XenServer
8 35 (8.728%) Citrix Presentation Server
9 26 (6.484%) VMware ESX
10 20 (4.988%) Microsoft App-V
11 12 (2.993%) VMware ESXi
12 7 (1.746%) MetaFrame
12 7 (1.746%) Terminal Services
13 4 (0.998%) UAG
13 4 (0.998%) ProxySG
13 4 (0.998%) VMware Server
13 4 (0.998%) Terminal Server
14 3 (0.748%) Xen
15 2 (0.499%) IAG
16 1 (0.249%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 42 (10.47%) SCCM
2 27 (6.733%) SCOM
3 9 (2.244%) SCVMM
4 4 (0.998%) WSUS
5 3 (0.748%) ZENworks
5 3 (0.748%) BladeLogic
6 2 (0.499%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (0.499%) HP SIM
6 2 (0.499%) Backup Exec
6 2 (0.499%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.249%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
7 1 (0.249%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 1 (0.249%) Nagios
7 1 (0.249%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.249%) MAILsweeper
7 1 (0.249%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 244 (60.85%) VMware
2 220 (54.86%) Microsoft
3 93 (23.19%) Cisco
4 63 (15.71%) HP
5 43 (10.72%) Avaya
6 41 (10.22%) Oracle
7 34 (8.479%) NetApp
8 20 (4.988%) Fujitsu
9 19 (4.738%) AppSense
10 18 (4.489%) Juniper
11 16 (3.990%) Dell
12 15 (3.741%) IBM
13 13 (3.242%) CheckPoint
13 13 (3.242%) Symantec
14 12 (2.993%) EMC
15 11 (2.743%) Brocade
16 10 (2.494%) Blue Coat
16 10 (2.494%) F5
17 8 (1.995%) SolarWinds
18 7 (1.746%) Sun
Warrington, Liverpool, Manchester, North West
They have a Microsoft set-up but are also strong users of Citrix and VMWare... You must answer calls within the agreed service levels and must have strong...
360 Resourcing Solutions
Salary: £18k - 21k per year + Superb Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Systems Engineer - Liverpool - Windows, Server, SQL Server, Exchange, Active Directory, VMWare - £25,000 - £30,000... To be successful for the role you must be a Systems Engineer with...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, North West
The following skills and experience will need to be clear on your application for you to be considered: Previous experience in a 1st/ 2nd line helpdesk role Microsoft...
greywood
Salary: £13000 - £15000 per annum + bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Service Desk / Helpdesk / Windows / Microsoft Server / Active Directory / DNS / DHCP / Netapp / Citrix Due to continued growth, my market leading client are looking to recruit are looking to recruit...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £13000 - £15000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Salford, North West
Below is a list of the current technologies and skills they are looking for in this position, there is an option to develop and work with Cisco technologies...
Mint
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + Negotiable on Experience
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Greater...
You should possess 2/3 years+ experience of implementing / supporting some of the following technologies: - Microsoft Server 2003 / 2008 / (2012) - Citrix (Xenserver, Xenapp etc) - Virtualisation - Hyper-V, VMWare, -...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25,000 - £35,000 + car/allowance + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
The ideal candidate will have Citrix experience of the highest calibre, demonstrated by accreditations, such as CCA XenDesktop, CCA XenServer or CCEE. In addition, they would ideally also...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside,...
You should possess 2/3 years+ experience of implementing / supporting some of the following technologies: - Microsoft Server 2003 / 2008 / (2012) - Citrix (Xenserver, Xenapp etc) - Virtualisation - Hyper-V, VMWare, -...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25,000 - £35,000 + car/allow + bens
Posted: 14 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You should possess 2/3 years+ experience of implementing / supporting some of the following technologies: - Microsoft Server 2003 / 2008 / (2012) - Citrix (Xenserver, Xenapp etc) - Virtualisation - Hyper-V, VMWare, -...
Actis Recruitment.
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + car/allowance + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, Greater Manchester, Cheshire,...
One of the UK's fastest growing professional services firms is seeking to appoint someone to lead, supervise and support the development of the infrastructure support team. Working...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to £40,000
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, North West
You'll have experience of Microsoft Exchange and Server Virtualisation - Hyper - V/ VMWare. You'll have experience with one or more of the following - Citrix VDI, XenServer, XenApp...
JAM
Salary: £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside,...
SKILLS Implementation experience of some of the following technologies: - Microsoft Server 2003 / 2008 / (2012) - Storage (Dell, EMC etc) - Citrix (VDI, Xenserver, Xenapp etc) - Virtualisation - VMWare, Hyper-V - Current...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30,000 - £44,000 per year
Posted: 14 May 2013
Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, North West
Understanding of Virtual technologies (such as VMWare, Hyper-V, App-V etc), - Understanding of Active Directory, SQL, IIS - Scripting experience with either Powershell / VBScript. - Experience with Citrix (XenApp/...
AppSense
Posted: 22 May 2013
Wilmslow, Cheshire
Service Delivery Manager - Wilmslow, Macclesfield, Knutsford - Windows, Server, Citrix, ITIL - £30,000 - £40,000... To be successful for the role you must be a Service Delivery Manager with...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Alderley Edge, Cheshire
Search Consultancy are looking for an experienced Service Delivery Manager to work for a highly respectable company based in Cheshire... Ensure all SLA's are being met... Design,...
Search Consultancy
Salary: tbc
Posted: 21 May 2013
Warrington, Liverpool, Manchester, North West
This role is for a 3rd Line Technical Support engineer who has strong Windows OS background and ideally VMWare and Citrix experience... The most successful Technical Support candidates...
360 Resourcing Solutions
Salary: £30k - 40k per year + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013